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În anul 1659, fiind ajutat de răzeşi, Vasile Almaş, construieşte un paraclis din lemn, închinat Sfântului Nicolae, în care au fost instalate icoanele mari şi iconostasul de la biserica din satul din care fuseseră nevoiţi să plece, acestea aflându-se astăzi în muzeul mănăstirii.
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The founders of the monastic establishment are Vasile and Maria Almas, shepherds in Haţeg. In the year 1659, being helped by yeomen, Vasile Almas built a wooden chapel, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in which were installed large icons and iconostasis from the church of the village from where were forced to leave, now being in the museum of the monastery. Among the old buildings are still preserved the bell tower and a peasant cottage type dating from the year 1725 which houses the chapel. Hermitage of monks from Almas functioned until 1821, when it was robbed by eterists. The present church of the Almas Monastery, built of stone in 1821, was founded by Bals scribe family dedicated to All Saints Sunday. The church has three towers, is built in the shape of a cross, and the architecture is great. Since 1821, the hermitage was inhabited by a community of nuns, in order to be closed in 1959 and the nuns have to go to Agapia and Văratec. Metropolitan of Moldavia and Suceava reestablished the Hermitage Almas in 1987 as a monastery of monks under Horaiţa Monastery. In the year 1990, it is elevated to the monastery. Between the years 1988 – 1995, the monastery church is pictured in fresco, being sanctified by His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel, on October 1st, 1995, receiving the dedication day of the Veil of The Mother of God.
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